Further Details
Who Will Benefit?
Those responsible for designing and producing e-learning programmes, or who need to know how to assess online learning materials. Trainers, instructional designers new to e-learning, HR, IT and technical writers. N.B. no detailed knowledge of psychology or instructional design principles is necessary to benefit from this course: all important concepts and terminology will be explained.
Learning Objectives
You will gain a blueprint for designing well-structured and compelling online learning experiences. You will understand how to choose suitable courses for conversion into e-learning, when and how to use different media and how to combine e-learning with more traditional instructional methods. You will work on a project throughout the course and receive a set of practical tools and checklists to take away
Course Content
NB 'Five principles for effectively incorporating cognitive learning and teaching methods' are defined for this course as
Define the training need
Know your audience
Define your e-learning content as learning objectives
Be aware of the limitations of your authoring tool
Learning objectives drive screen interactivity
These are threaded throughout the day and will be revealed gradually as a list.
Introductions (15 minutes)
Housekeeping
Who I am
Introduction to day and outline of what's going to happen
Introduction by delegates
Definition of e-learning (30 minutes)
What is it/could it be?
What's it good for?
What's it not good for?
Introduction to instructional design (15 minutes)
What is it?
Why do we need it?
Instructional design and the development life cycle (15 minutes)
Where instructional design fits in the development process and what it involves
Before you start… (30 minutes)
Principles 1 & 2 - define the training need and know your audience
What you need to be clear on before you start:
· Deadlines and what's driving them
· Interdependencies
· High level training needs - what performance gap(s) are you trying to fill and why is training the most appropriate solution?
· Target audience - role(s), number, location, preferences, expectations, prerequisite skills/knowledge
Defining the specific learning requirements of your course (60 minutes)
Principle 3 - define your e-learning content as learning objectives
Definition of a learning objective for this workshop
How to write learning objectives
Breaking content down into learning objectives for the content they've brought with them
Types of learning (30 minutes)
Types of learning (look at behaviourism, cognitivism and constructivism)
Exploring the barriers and opportunities for these in e-learning
Defining the blend (30 minutes)
Applies outcomes of previous discussions about e-learning to learning objectives
Course map (30 minutes)
Defining the sections of your course
Options for interactivity (15 minutes)
Principle 4 - be aware of the limitations of your authoring tool
Introduction to types of interactivity
From learning objectives to screen interactivity (75 minutes)
Principle 5 - learning objectives drive screen interactivity
How to design screen interactivity to fulfil learning objectives, considering types of learning and audience
A word about templates (15 minutes)
What to look for in a well-designed template
Writing for screen (15 minutes)
Scriptwriting - what it is and what it's for
Hints and tips for writing onscreen learning
Closing session - Q&A (15 minutes)
Recap 5 principles
Any questions…
Past delegates from this course have said:
"Great course, thanks! Had a fantastic time, lovely venue and the people were alright as well! No seriously, it was very informative and I've put my news skills into practice already!", Cambridge County Council
"I am amazed at how much progress I have made from just one day's course. I have my objectives, course map, story board - basically, all of the hard work done and ready to hand-over to the developers! The course is a must for anyone who is designing e-learning." Tamsin Drennen, Deployment Consultant, Ernst & Young Center for Business Knowledge®
Guide price
£495.00 + VAT per person |
